Glenn Guilbeau: Most interesting QB battle at LSU since 2000 starts now

3:54 PM,
Mar. 7, 2014

Anthony Jennings (left) and Brandon Harris will battle for the quarterback position at LSU.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - Welcome to the best quarterback battle at LSU since 2000 as the Tigers open spring drills for the 2014 season on Saturday.

Junior Josh Booty beat out junior Rohan Davey that spring and summer 14 years ago to start 10 games, help beat Alabama in Tiger Stadium for the first time since 1969 and make first team All-Southeastern Conference.

Since then, LSU's starting quarterback has basically been known in virtually every year since. In 2001, it was Davey, who came off the bench for a struggling Booty in the Peach Bowl to beat Georgia Tech to end the 2000 season. Booty then turned pro a year ...